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### Initializing a workspace

#### Purpose

Initialization is the first is operation you need to perform after creating the workspace. The purpose of the initialization is to equip the workspace with the folders, files and templates needed in the subsequent steps develop the network design.

The initialization comprises the following aspects:

- Loading of the Comsof Fiber templates and the Geopackage (.gpkg) GIS data files that go with it, based on the version of the Comsof Fiber software engine.

- Loading the template Rules file(s).

- Setting the correct coordinate system for the project and for the different Geopackage files in which to store the data produced at the different stages of the design.

- Clearing any GIS data that may already be present in the geopackage files from earlier processing.

#### Executing the operation

To initialise a workspace:

1. Select the workspace via the Search bar or by clicking its polygon on the map.

   The Workspace panel opens in the Details tab sheet.

2. Click Open at the bottom of the panel.

   The Workspace dialog opens.

3. Tick the Initialise check box.

4. Click Run at the bottom of the dialog.

   The operation is submitted for execution.

   If the operation successfully completed:

- The progress bar turns green with a little check mark on the right of it.

- The Last operation label at the top of the dialog displays "`initialise`".

- A green check mark also appears next to the name of the operation along with a hyperlink to the Log data.

- The Populate check box is automatically ticked.

#### Use of distinctive Geopackage files

As indicated above, the creation of the Geopackage files is part of the workspace initialisation. The use of the Geopackage data format serves multiple purposes:

- It allows easy visualization of input data and calculated output data.

- It provides a standard for the exchange of data with the Comsof Cloud server for calculations.

- It allows manipulation of features generated in the pre-process phase of the workflow.

The four Geopackage files that are part of the workspace are:

- `input.gpkg`

- `CalculationInput.gpkg`

- `ProcessedArea.gpkg`

- `output.gpkg`